Unarmed fighting
Activities theme
The protagonist can attack with fists, claws, or by some other method using their bare hands, feet or other limbs or body parts.
967
games
78platforms
Alternate names: Hand-to-hand combat
Name variations: unarmed combat
OCS 1989
GEN 1988-11-27
DC 2000-06
WIN 2011-01-25
ST 1991
MSX 1985
C16 1986
WIN 2015-03-10
PS4 2015-02-10
WIN 2010-05-12
XBOX 2005-09-22
C64 1988
Including cases where the player wears gauntlets, brass knuckles, or similar devices that (supposedly) make such attacks more devastating.
Without this tag, it is fairly simple to assume player is defenseless unless they attain some type of a weapon, which they may always have anyway.
Does NOT include jumping on people's heads (head jumping).
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Without this tag, it is fairly simple to assume player is defenseless unless they attain some type of a weapon, which they may always have anyway.
Does NOT include jumping on people's heads (head jumping).
- 2 replies
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Games by year
The first Unarmed fighting video game was released in 1979.
Sega, Capcom and Activision published most of these games.
Platforms
Windows | 154 | ||
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Linux | 83 | ||
C64 | 60 | ||
MS-DOS | 57 | ||
NES | 53 | ||
ZX Spectrum | 43 | ||
PS3 | 42 | ||
Amstrad CPC | 40 | ||
X360 | 38 | ||
Amiga | 32 | ||
Atari ST | 32 | ||
PS2 | 31 | ||
Arcade | 29 | ||
Mac OS X | 25 | ||
MSX | 17 | ||
Apple II E | 14 | ||
Electron | 10 | ||
Mac OS Classic | 10 | ||
Wii | 10 | ||
PS4 | 10 | ||
BBC | 10 | ||
C16/Plus4 | 8 | ||
GB | 8 | ||
Master System | 8 | ||
Mega Drive | 8 | ||
Xbox | 8 | ||
PC Engine | 8 | ||
Tandy Coco | 8 | ||
PS | 6 | ||
Famicom Disk System | 6 |
Most common companies
Sega | 32 | |
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Capcom | 29 | |
Activision | 27 | |
Electronic Arts | 20 | |
U.S. Gold | 20 | |
Konami | 18 | |
System 3 | 17 | |
Imagine | 17 | |
Melbourne House | 14 | |
Players | 13 | |
Silmarils | 10 | |
Taito | 9 | |
Ocean | 9 | |
2K Games | 9 | |
Culture Brain | 8 |